{"id":2866,"date":"2026-02-18T12:40:50","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/?post_type=article&#038;p=2866"},"modified":"2026-02-18T12:46:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T20:46:01","slug":"somwewhere-over-the-rainbow-remembering-rev-jesse-jackson","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/california\/tl\/articles\/saanman-sa-ibabaw-ng-bahaghari-inaalala-si-rev-jesse-jackson\/","title":{"rendered":"Somwewere Over The Rainbow: Pag-alala kay Rev. Jesse Jackson"},"template":"","class_list":["post-2866","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-blog-post"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"","featured_image":56513,"article_type":183,"authors":["{\"site_id\":\"40\",\"post_type\":\"person\",\"post_id\":2499}"],"related_issues":false,"related_work":false,"location":3},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h4><b>Ang Unang Abot-tanaw ng Bahaghari<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bihirang maging tuwid ang politika; ito ay isang serye ng mga pagbabago, pagkakahanay, at, paminsan-minsan, malalim na pagkadismaya. Sa aking mga huling taon, natagpuan ko ang aking sarili na lumilihis mula sa mga partikular na landas ng Rainbow Push Coalition. Naisip ko na hindi nila sapat na itinutulak ang saklaw o hinahamon ang mga nakaugat na kapangyarihan. Gayunpaman, ang ebolusyon ng ideolohiya ay hindi, at hindi dapat, burahin ang bigat ng makasaysayang epekto. Ang pag-unawa sa kahalagahan ni Jackson ay ang pag-unawa sa klima ng 1988.<\/span>\r\n<h4><b>Mga Aral na Natutunan sa Halalan: Bumoboto Rin ang mga Itim<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pitong taong gulang ako noong tumakbo si Rev. Jackson para sa primarya ng mga Demokratiko. Para sa marami, ito ay isang kampanyang malayo ang inaasahan; para sa isang bata sa Timog, nangangahulugan ito na posible ang lahat. Naaalala ko ang araw na dinala ako ng aking ina sa mga presinto. Hindi lamang ito isang gawaing sibiko; parang masaya siyang bumoto para sa isang taong pinaniniwalaan niya. Ang pananampalataya at pag-asa na tutugon ang isang pinuno sa aking mga pangunahing alalahanin bilang isang botante ay isang bagay na kulang sa ating pamumuno sa politika ngayon.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nang tanungin ko ang hindi maiiwasang tanong noong bata pa ako, \u201cSino ang binoto mo?\u201d, hindi siya nag-atubili. Nagsalita siya nang may kalinawan na nanatili sa aking isipan: &quot;Sige, Reverend Jesse Jackson. Maaari siyang maging unang Itim na Pangulo ng bansa.&quot;\"<\/span>\r\n<h4><b>Ang Bigat ng Pagiging &quot;Ang Iba&quot;\"\u00a0<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sa Timog, maaga mong natututunan na ang iyong pagkamamamayan ay kadalasang itinuturing na isang kondisyonal na pag-upa sa halip na isang karapatan sa pagkapanganak. Ang pagiging Itim sa Amerika ay ang pag-navigate sa kabalintunaan ng pagiging &quot;iba&quot; sa nag-iisang tahanang nakilala mo. Noong 1988, hindi lamang tumakbo si Jackson para sa posisyon; hinamon niya ang mga limitasyon sa imahinasyon ng Amerika.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nakakuha siya ng halos 7 milyong boto at nanalo ng 13 primaries at caucuses, kabilang ang isang nakamamanghang tagumpay sa Michigan. Sa loob ng ilang buwang iyon, ang &quot;Rainbow Coalition&quot; ay hindi lamang isang slogan\u2014ito ay patunay na istatistikal na ang isang alyansa ng multi-racial at uring manggagawa ay isang posibilidad sa matematika.<\/span>\r\n<h4><b>Isang Pamana ng Isang Pioneer ng Katarungang Panlipunan<\/b><\/h4>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bilang isang higante ng kilusan para sa mga karapatang sibil at isang prot\u00e9g\u00e9 ni Dr. King, si Jackson ay nagsilbing isang patuloy na paalala kung ano ang maaaring maging bansang ito. Sa pamamagitan ng Operation PUSH at ng kanyang walang sawang pagtataguyod, iginiit niya ang isang pangunahing katotohanan: Ang mga itim ay hindi lamang mga kalahok sa eksperimentong Amerikano; tayo ang mga arkitekto ng paglago nito at ang konsensya ng pag-unlad nito.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bagama&#039;t maaaring nagbago ang aking ideolohikal na North Star sa paglipas ng mga dekada, ang pundasyong inilatag ni Jackson ay nananatiling hindi natitinag. Siya ang naghanda ng daan na kalaunan ay tatahakin ng iba patungo sa White House. Para sa pangitaing iyon, at para sa hapong iyon sa presinto kasama ang aking ina, palagi akong magpapasalamat.<\/span>\r\n\r\nMagpahinga sa Kapangyarihan,\r\n<strong>Darius Kemp, Executive Director<\/strong>"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_work","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_work":{"heading":"Work","manually_curate":false,"work":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Somwewhere Over The Rainbow: Remembering Rev. 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